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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Ratanpur is a village in Poreyahat mandal, Godda district, Jharkhand, with a population of 1,731 across 339 households. The literacy rate is 50.6%.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Guddi Devi
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- LGD code
- 357431
- Pincode
- 814153
- Post office
- Poraiyahat
- Population
- 1,731
- Households
- 339
- Literacy rate
- 50.6%
- Sex ratio
- 904 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 839
- Distance to district centre
- 61 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 68 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 301 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 261 km
- Nearest railway station
- Barharwa Junction · <1 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Dr. K.D. Murmu Clinic · <1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Ratanpur compares
By population, Ratanpur ranks #32 of 211 villages in Poreyahat mandal.
Literacy rate
%
50.6%
+3.8% vs mandal average
Ratanpur50.6%
Poreyahat mandal46.8%
Godda district46.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
904
−53 vs mandal average
Ratanpur904
Poreyahat mandal957
Household size
people per home
5.1
+0.1 vs mandal average
Ratanpur5.1
Poreyahat mandal5.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Ratanpur at a glance
Ratanpur is a village of 1,731 people in 339 households (Census 2011) in Poreyahat block, Godda district, Jharkhand, the 32nd-largest of 211 villages in Poreyahat block. Literacy is 51%, 4 points above the block average of 47% and the sex ratio is 904 women per 1,000 men. It lies 61 km from the Godda district centre, 11 km from Sahri, the nearest town, under 1 km from Barharwa Junction railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 814153, served by Poraiyahat post office; the LGD village code is 357431. The nearest hospital or health centre is Dr. K.D. Murmu Clinic, <1 km away. The sarpanch is Guddi Devi. The population is estimated at 2,041 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Ratanpur
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- Primary school
- 0
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- GODDA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 25
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 25
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 19
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- RATANPUR
- Total area (ha)
- 195
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Ratanpur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Ratanpur
- LGD code
- 357431
- Pincode
- 814153
- Post office
- Poraiyahat
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,731
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,041
- Households
- 339
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 904
- Literacy rate
- 50.6%
- Coordinates
- 24.85515°N, 87.76831°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Dumka
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Jama
- Member of Parliament
- Nalin Soren
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Guddi Devi
- Block / Mandal
- Poreyahat
- Nearest railway station
- Panjwara Road (76.3 km)
Getting there
How to reach Ratanpur
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi301 kmcapital
- Kolkata261 km
- Delhi1128 km
- Hyderabad1271 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBarharwa Junction<1 km
- Hospital / PHCDr. K.D. Murmu Clinic<1 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil38 km
- CollegeD.N.C. College37 km
- Police stationKaliachak Police Station25 km
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)